About Me

I am a woman of a certain age! A long-time wife, mother of teenagers and daughter of a dominant, somewhat possessive woman. I work in PR and I used to be happy and content. But recently something has changed and I feel like I'm losing control. I want to break free but don't really know from what or why. I think I need therapy but am fighting against that and writing this blog is an attempt to record my behaviour and make sense of my feelings so that maybe I can claim back some control.
I am essentially a good person but as I have tried to write honestly here, that may not be what comes across!

Thursday, 23 December 2010

How Did This Happen So Quickly?

I can’t believe it will be Christmas the day after tomorrow!

I have spent the last week still writing Christmas cards, buying gifts and food and drink, wrapping presents, preparing nibbles or fancy meals, entertaining and being entertained and I’m loving every last minute of the festive panic.

There’s more of the same over the next week so I don’t think I’ll be back here this year.

Therefore ……

Can I take this opportunity to wish you, my lovely blogging friends, a VERY happy Christmas and a brilliant New Year!

Per your "About Me," you could certainly blog and undertake therapy at the same time. However, I'll just mention for what little if anything it might be worth, I have had therapist lovers and best friends, and I have been to a few therapists. My conclusion is that they were all such a mess that I wouldn't recommend them to anyone for any reason. The most that the therapists I have known had to offer was a one way friendship that their clients pay through the nose for.

I've also taken quite a few anti-depressants, and they did me far more good than therapy. The downside to them was that, in keeping your lows from being as low, they keep your highs from being as high, and they take away your ability to feel any emotion too deeply. Even so, they're good for getting a person through a rough patch even if that rough patch extends for a few years, as mine did.